Mum Accused Of Stabbing Her Newborn Baby 22 Times To Death With Scissors

 A mother has been accused of stabbing her newborn son to death with a pair of nail scissors before throwing the body into a trash can.

Mother-of-three Anastasia Skorychenko has been sentenced to two years in jail for allegedly stabbing her newborn 22 times, just moments after delivering him on her balcony.

The 30-year-old confessed to the crime during the sentencing in a court in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, last week.

Skorychenko explained the motive for the crime by saying "the baby was unwanted" and "she could not afford it", according to reports.